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“There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of His disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee” (John 21:2-3).
When the incident related in these two verses took place, the Lord Jesus had already risen from the dead, and been seen by His eleven disciples. We have already noticed that Peter was a natural leader, and when he decided to go fishing, the six others who were with him wanted to go too. If you read on in the chapter, you will see that they did not catch anything until the Lord told them what to do.
You will remember that the Lord Jesus had called Peter to give up fishing, in order to do something more important—to catch men. See if you can find the verse where the Lord Jesus says this to Peter.
Peter should not have gone back to fishing, but because he was a leader, others followed him. This is a good lesson for us to remember. We all influence one another, and especially those who are natural leaders. Let us be careful not to lead others in a wrong way. On Monday we will see what the Lord said to Peter the next day about what he should be doing.
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